Understanding VBScript and the Meridian Web Client

Not all VBScript functions are available to the Meridian Web Client since it runs on the Meridian web server, not on the client computer.

Following are the major functions that are not available, with corresponding recommended workarounds.

VBScript functions not available in the Meridian Web Client
Function	Workaround
Global variables	Use object arguments instead as described in Understanding object arguments.
DebugAssert function	Not supported
WinInputBox function	Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process
WinMsgBox function	FailCurrent method or PrintDetails method (if batch object is available) Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process
ProjectWorkflowEvent_InitializeExpandItem and ProjectWorkflowEvent_BeforeExpandItem events	Not supported
Confirmation property The Client object methods	Not yet available
About the vault events
AddDocumentToBatch method and AddDocuments method	Not yet available
About the Briefcase object	Import packages
DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand event	Not yet available
DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event when creating new folders	Not yet available
DocGenericEvent_*Print events	Not yet available
AS_PROP_CMD constants AS_PS_CMD_VIEW , AS_PS_CMD_APPLY, and AS_PS_CMD_CANCEL in the DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event	Assign property validation conditions.

VBScript functions not available in the Meridian Web Client

Function

Workaround

Global variables

Use object arguments instead as described in Understanding object arguments.

DebugAssert function

Not supported

WinInputBox function

Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process

WinMsgBox function

FailCurrent method or PrintDetails method (if batch object is available)

Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process

ProjectWorkflowEvent_InitializeExpandItem and ProjectWorkflowEvent_BeforeExpandItem events

Not supported

Confirmation property

The Client object methods

Not yet available

About the vault events

AddDocumentToBatch method and AddDocuments method

Not yet available

About the Briefcase object

Import packages

DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand event

Not yet available

DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event when creating new folders

Not yet available

DocGenericEvent_*Print events

Not yet available

AS_PROP_CMD constants AS_PS_CMD_VIEW , AS_PS_CMD_APPLY, and AS_PS_CMD_CANCEL in the DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event

Assign property validation conditions.

Notes

The values of check boxes and radio buttons on the Meridian Web Client pages are sent to the web server only if they are selected (True). Meridian Enterprise Boolean properties that have not been explicitly set to either True or False contain no value. For these reasons, we recommend that you always test the values of Boolean properties for True and never for False whether the script is for the Meridian Web Client or not.

A script that is not compatible with the Meridian Web Client will not generate an error message. Thoroughly test all VBScript configuration expressions and event procedures that might be invoked by the Meridian Web Client.

Related concepts

Understanding the Meridian Enterprise Script Editor

Understanding the Microsoft Script Debugger

Understanding configuration expressions

Understanding the Meridian object model

Understanding the Meridian functions

Understanding Meridian event procedures

Understanding automation objects

Understanding object arguments

Understanding the CurrentPropertyName property

Related tasks

Debugging VBScript

Understanding the effects of custom scripting

Related information

VBScript examples

Formatting text with RTF codes

Meridian Enterprise command identifiers

The Meridian API constants